Roadmaps link strategy to future actions. As
an essential part of strategy development, they incorporate the
strategy, product evolution, and plans for technologies and
capabilities to be in place at the right time. Just as a roadmap
enables a traveler to decide among alternative routes to reach a
destination, Roadmapping enables a team to plan and execute a path
to achieve objectives. More on
Roadmapping...

A visual roadmap communicates your
strategy story, describing your plan in a
way that lets your audience see the big picture along with the details.
You and your roadmapping team can see your plan as you create it,
helping you identify gaps and potential improvements and alternatives.

Based on extensive work with roadmapping teams,
we have developed a simple software tool that helps you create and visualize
technology roadmaps and driver maps that look good, are flexible, and
that can be maintained to keep your roadmap a living document.

You may download Roadmapper's Workbench™ beta version (now version 4.3) for your use in developing your own roadmaps.

Beyond
the time scale of Roadmaps -- usually a few product cycles -- the
capability to plan and direct technology investments is dramatically
improved by characterizing trends of enabling technologies and
identifying potentially significant and disruptive innovations. More on Technology Futures...